Mermaid

On a farm out in the country lived a man and a woman and their three sons. Early one morning, the woman awoke, and while looking out of the window onto the pasture, she saw the family's only cow was lying dead in the field. The situation looked hopeless to her -- how could she possibly feed her family now. In a depressed state of mind, she hung herself.

When her husband awoke to find his wife dead, as well as the cow, he too began to see the hopelessness of the situation, and he shot himself in the head.

Now the oldest son, Greg, woke up to discover his parents dead (and the cow!!), and he decided to go down to the river and drown himself. When Greg got to the river, he discovered a mermaid sitting on the bank. She said, "I've seen all and know the reason for your despair.

But if you will make love to me five times in a row, I will restore your parents and the cow to you." Greg agreed to try, but after four times, he was simply unable to satisfy her again. So the mermaid drowned him in the river. Next the second oldest son, Rob, woke up. After discovering what had happened, he too decided to throw himself into the river.

When Rob got to the river the mermaid said to him, "If you will make love to me 10 times in a row, I will
make everything right." While Rob tried his best (seven times!!), it was not enough to satisfy the mermaid, so she drowned him in the river.

The youngest, Dave, woke up and saw his parents dead, the dead cow in the field, and his brothers gone. He decided that his life was a hopeless prospect, and he went down to the river to throw himself in. And there he also met the mermaid. "I have seen all that has happened, and I can make everything right if you will make love to me 15 times in a row."

Dave replied, "Is that all? Why not 20 times in a row? The mermaid was somewhat taken aback by this request. Then Dave said, "Hell, why not 25 times in a row? And even as she was reluctantly agreeing to his request, he said, "Why not THIRTY times in arow?" Finally she said, "Enough! Okay, if you will have sex with me 30 times I will bring everybody back to perfect health."

Then Dave asked, "Wait! How do I know that 30 times in a row won't kill you like it did the cow?"